Ending Violence Against Women and Girls: Where Global Meets Local

Ending Violence Against Women and Girls: Where Global Meets Local
The Second in the Pathways to Prevention panel series

CDC Distance Learning Auditorium, Global Communications Center
1600 Clifton Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30329
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
3:00-4:30 pm

Violence against women is a vast and global epidemic with severe health and social consequences. It takes different forms, including intimate partner and sexual violence, human trafficking, and sexual exploitation -- all examples of human rights injustice. Sadly, the numbers are stark. Between 15% and 71% of women report physical or sexual violence by a husband or partner, according to the World Health Organization’s studies. In fact, many women have reported that their first sexual experience was not consensual (up to 40% in some countries). Similarly, the trafficking of women and girls for forced labor and sex is a widespread global problem that often affects the most vulnerable.

Join us as an expert panel explores the public health impact of these timely topics and furthers the discussion on prevention from global to local perspectives. Moderated by James Mercy, PhD, Acting Director, Division of Violence Prevention, the panel includes: Etobssie Wako, MPH, Applied Sciences Branch, Division of Reproductive Health; Atiqua Hashem, JD, Associate General Counsel, CARE; Rosa de Kelly, MA, Legal Immigration Advocate, Catholic Charities Atlanta; and Aparna Bhattacharyya, BS in Criminal Justice, Executive Director, Raksha, Inc.

After the discussion, stay for a special tour of the current exhibit, Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women, and Art at the David J. Sencer CDC Museum (formerly the Global Health Odyssey Museum). The exhibit showcases the work of 28 contemporary artists from 24 countries, including Yoko Ono (Japan), Louise Bourgeois (France), Wangechi Mutu (Kenya), Mona Hatoum (Palestine), and Hank Willis Thomas (USA). Their work addresses the issues of violence against women and girls around the world, and their basic human rights to a safe and secure life. The project combines cutting-edge art with important social messaging and storytelling to help create awareness, inspiration, and address systems for positive social change and action. View the virtual tour of the exhibit: www.artworksforchange.org/otbp_virtual.htm.

For more information about this panel, contact Louise Shaw at 404.639.3657, lshaw@cdc.gov.

For non-CDC staff:

RSVP required by emailing museum@cdc.gov or call 404-639-0830 for more information.

Admission and parking are free. Driver’s license or passport and vehicle inspection are required for entry. All visitors should allow at least 15 minutes to complete the security process on the day of the event.